Australian Police Arrest Two Men in Counterterrorism Raid

Two Men Arrested in Operations to Disrupt Alleged Plot to Carry Out a Terrorist Strike on a Government Target

CANBERRA, Australia—Australian police arrested two men in operations to disrupt an alleged plot to carry out a terrorist strike on a government target—hours after the prime minister warned a militant attack was thought likely following a recent hostage siege by a lone gunman in Sydney.

Counterterrorism officers from the Australian Federal Police, the country’s equivalent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, arrested the two men in raids carried out in Sydney late Tuesday. Police said one of the men was to appear in court...